Before 3am, Music, Experimental

Europe's largest urban art festival comes to Bristol, with over 250 graffiti artists painting live. Among the featured artists are DALeast (China), Faith47 (South Africa), C215 (France), Peeta (Italy), Bristol natives Turroe and Inkie, Goin (France), Eoin (Ireland), JBAK (Germany), Remo (USA), Neuzz (Mexico), Peacetu…

Avant-garde spoken word, film and music fusion night describing itself as 'playing host to the sinister and the sanguine'.

Experimental rock power trio comprising Charles Hayward of This Heat, Kawabata Makoto of Acid Mothers Temple and Guy Segers of Univers Zero.

Experimental and improvised music by the performer.

Experimental music from the London-based trumpet, percussion and electronics two-piece of Steve Chadwick and Saul Eisenberg.

Alternative and experimental rock by the Teeside-based outfit.

The artist and instrument builder performs experimental music with the electronic musician, composer and visual artist best known for his Cassette Memories project.

The guitarist and his accompanying band perform experimental jazz.

The talented, avant-pop violinist Amadéus Leopold arrives at Meltdown ahead of the release of his debut album and having gained fans including Madonna, Scissor Sisters, Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson. Even at the grand old age of 25, Amadéus Leopold has had quite a career already. He made his international debut at the…

Experimental music by Vasiliki Anastasiou, a Greek-Cypriot vocalist and composer based in London, plus assorted musicians.

Raging free jazz from restless the Franco-Australian trio, who've been compared to Roscoe Mitchell and Last Exit.

The Canadian three-piece performs a combination of post-bop, instrumental hip hop and improvisational music.

Ghosts of the past and present collide through video and sound technology in this evening-long project from the internationally renowned Brooklyn-based Bang on a Can All-Stars, an electric chamber ensemble that brings together some of the world’s most adventurous musical thinkers. The Field Recordings project looks back…

The four-piece from Houston, Texas, performs an experimental mix of art rock and alternative piano rock.

The vocalist and sax player perform experimental jazz songs with the organ-led trio.

Contemporary and experimental classical music by the minimalist composer, performer and visual artist from Brooklyn, New York.

Contemporary and experimental classical music by the minimalist composer, performer and visual artist from Brooklyn, New York.

The San Francisco-based singer-songwriter performs experimental electropop from the album This Train.

The band from Denmark performs progressive metal and experimental metal with elements of deathcore.

French singer who performs against a mixed acoustic and electro backdrop, using samples, old music boxes and baroque instrumentation.

The American four-piece performs an energetic mix of noise pop and experimental rock to promote the album Breakup Song.

Experimental music composer and performer.

Experimental music by the New York-based composer and multi-instrumentalist.

Experimental music by the New York-born singer-songwriter, pianist and opera dive, Elizaveta Igorevna Khripounova.